The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-02-19
FASHIONS DEGREES.
Description Of Some Charming Costumes
and stylish Toilet Accessories.

Description OF Some Charming Costumes
and stylish Toilet Accessories.
Small, comb shaped hair-pins have
the tops of red stones beautifully cut
or of fine gilt, in imitation of filagree
gold.
Passementerie jerseys and crocheted
silk Jerseys strewn with cut jets in star
designs are imported to wear with black
silk skirts. Some of them are without
sleeves and are to have lace or velvet
sleeves, as best suits the skirts.
New bows on lace and tulle dresses
are round in shape, yet are made OF but
two pieces of ribbon. not looped, but
notched on the edges and crossing each
other, being very closely plated to-
gether, without strap in the center. !.
The most lovely trimmings are OF
large panels and stripes, or robings,
composed partly of lace, partly of
beaded passementerie, and they are
used to ornament robes of velvet, plush
and silk, yet SO as to give an appear
ance of length to the figure.
Moss green, heliotrope and yellow
are the colors largely imported in silk
stockings for evening wear They are
to be worn with dresses of correspond
ing color, or with black or white toilets.
Black stockings will remain in favor for
day use and for the street.
The style Of dress to which the gen.
uine Partisan always inclines in spite
of everything is the frou. frou style,
SO essentially French and fanciful. The
pretty brocaded woolens SO much in
vogue Just nov are particularly suita-
BILE to the frou-frou. The bodice of the
dress is generally of the blouse style,
loose and full, fastened round the waist
with velvet or gros-grain belt and
| finished with some costly buckle, or
else with ribbon sash simply tied in
| front.
Beautiful jeweled passementeries are
brought in large dark stones red as
rubies or else like topazes, held by gilt
| cords, and the set has V-shaped piece
| for the front and back of the waist. a
| collar, cuffs and panel for the skirt.
Pearl passementerie for bridal or other
white dresses has rhino-stones at inter
walls that sparkle like diamonds. Pale
blue bead passementerie is mounted on
blue velvet ribbon in exquisite designs.
The novelty for cloth dresses is bead
embroidery on velvet ground.
A charming costume Is made OF cloth
velvet of the precise tint of sable
when you blow the fur apart; golden
brown toned down with gray. Bands
of sable trim the skirt in perpendicu
lar direction. the velvet being grace
fully draped. At the back. the Skin
just rests on the ground, fashion thai
is now being adopted for visiting and
wedding dresses The bodice of velvet
trimmed with fur in front. so as to form
square. This square, filled in will
softest folds of pale pink crepe-de
Chino. The high collar is also crepe
de- Chine in front; velvet at the side
and back. A mantle, short at the bacl
and finished off just below the wais
with three sable tails, made OF velve
and trimmed all around with sable, tn
high collar being also composed OF tn
fur. The velvet bonnet trimmed with I
little fur, mixed with ribbon velve
matching the sable tint of the piec
velvet. The daintiest possible littl
bow of pale pink ribbon is placed .
one side, just under the edge OF tn
brim. The muff matches the bonnet
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